The beneficent effects of the regular quarter-hour's exercise before breakfast is more than offset by the mental wear and tear involved in getting out of bed fifteen minutes earlier than one otherwise would.
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Simeon Strunsky Quote
“People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle and more time on the buses and in the subway.”
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